Time flies when you’re having fun, huh? The 2010s have pretty much flown by, presenting us – the listener – with so many seismic shifts in trends and technology that it’s become difficult to keep up. We’ve seen so much come and go over the last ten years, from dubstep and vaporwave to a resurgence in garage rock and a continuation of the age old “rock is dead” debate. Yet one thing has remained a constant: good music. Here at All Things Loud we’ve spent the last few months putting together a list of the decade’s 100 best songs alongside our ongoing album countdown. Today, we kick things off with the first fifty songs to grace our list, namely positions 100 through 51.
100 Deerhunter – Snakeskin
99 The Murlocs – Space Cadet
98 Jacco Gardner – Clear the Air
97 Kali Uchis – Ridin’ Round
96 John Coffey – Broke Neck
95 Cloud Nothings – I’m Not Part of Me
94 Palma Violets – Best of Friends
93 Donny Benét – Working Out
92 Marmozets – Vibetech
91 Billie Eilish – bad guy
90 De Staat – Witch Doctor
89 Chicano Batman – Black Lipstick
88 Shame – Friction
87 Anderson .Paak – Am I Wrong?
86 Paramore – Hard Times
85 Run the Jewels – Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck)
84 BROCKHAMPTON – BOOGIE
83 Courtney Barnett – Depreston
82 Ghost – Year Zero
81 Caribou – Can’t Do Without You
80 Bring Me the Horizon – Sleepwalking
79 LCD Soundsystem – How Do You Sleep?
78 Young Fathers – In My View
77 Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe
76 While She Sleeps – Silence Speaks
75 Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Can’t Keep Checking My Phone
74 Post Malone – Better Now
73 Foo Fighters – Walk
72 Har Mar Superstar – Prisoner
71 Perfume Genius – Slip Away
70 Jack White – Lazaretto
69 Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know?
68 HAIM – Forever
67 Thundercat – Them Changes
66 SOPHIE – BIPP
65 Gorillaz – Plastic Beach
64 Ought – Today More Than Any Other Day
63 The Family Rain – Vulpicide
62 Architects – Gone With the Wind
61 Melody’s Echo Chamber – I Follow You
60 black midi – Near DT, MI
59 Denzel Curry – Clout Cobain
58 Jeff Rosenstock – Festival Song
57 Slipknot – Psychosocial
56 Deafheaven – Canary Yellow
55 Austra – Lose It
54 Future of the Left – How to Spot a Record Company
53 Mitski – Nobody
52 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Thrift Shop
51 Daughters – Less Sex
Check back tomorrow for the second half of our countdown.